re: #78 retired cynic

When we were Really Farming, a man that worked for us also handled the water system for the nearest tiny hamlet (around the size of yours), and they kept having a problem. They suspected one of the farmers that the main line from the pump in the river bottom ground was tapping into it for irrigation water, and letting contaminants in, but it was hard to catch them. He stayed up nights, and finally caught them. They yelled bloody murder, and fought the case in court, saying they deserved to take what they wanted, and they never really paid the amount they actually cost the town. The drama kept our village occupied for many months.

Our well water out in the bottoms was just solid rust. Solid. With grit. Pipes and appliances would only last a couple of years before they filled up. When we moved, we got a well that was full of lime. It was such a relief to get city water. Some things are better not strained through your teeth!

Our village water system doesn’t require treatment (other than the RO units to remove arsenic and uranium). The water here is very clean.

Our village has been in a fight with one person who owns a house here (but doesn’t live here) which has an illegal well. The state is demanding the well be decommissioned, but the village board does not have the authority to go on this fellow’s property to do it. His issue is it costs too much, plus it isn’t contaminating anything (now).

The village attorney has been working up the paperwork through the usual progressive set of legal remedies that the village will seek if the well is not closed. (Eventually, if he refuses, the state will get involved.)